Book: Murder by the Book
Author: Devorah Fox
Author: Devorah Fox
Print Length: 27 pages
Publisher: Mike Byrnes and Associates, Inc.
Publication Date: 27 February, 2017
Publication Date: 27 February, 2017
ASIN: B01CC3NJQO
Synopsis:
An ordinary work day at
the western Massachusetts Sugarloaf Inn turns more chilling than the winter
weather when staff member Candy Wadsen makes a gruesome discovery. Her day goes
from bad to worse when Candy realizes that Detective Sergeant Dan Petrowski suspects
her of committing the crime.
Book
Review by Nadaness In Motion
Murder by the Book by Devorah Fox is a short
cozy mystery and exciting novella, and what I hope would be the first in a
series.
The main character Candy is an
average person, who is seen by her colleagues as naïve and sheltered.
She goes to work one morning
to discover her boss dead on his desk. After she calls the police and other
work colleagues start filing in, Candy begins to see that her boss was not
simply mean but that almost each of her colleagues had a reason to want him
dead.
"No sign of forced entry. No sign of a struggle. Seems to me it had
to be done by someone who could just walk into his office, pick up the letter
opener, and get close enough to him to stab him. That'd be you, wouldn't
it?"
Candy has a sarcastic side,
that is very realistic especially about the work place. We are told that Candy
is always the first one in the office every morning.
"The door to her boss's office was ajar. Sleink himself in
early? Incredible, Candy thought."
Her conversations with each of
them, and the way each worker in the hotel expects another to have committed
the murder, open her eyes to the dark side of her – now – former boss.
I related to Candy immediately
after I discovered she was a bookworm with an interest in mystery novels.
"Innocent or guilty, the accused in the mystery novels she read
always "swore" that they didn't do it. Candy never found that
particularly convincing and yet here she just did the same thing."
The novella is too short for much character
development, but at least Candy has had to learn the truth about her boss and
all her colleagues, although most truths weren't nice ones. There may also be a
possible romance with the new police officer, Petrowski.
Murder by the Book is an interesting book title.
I particularly liked how Candy and Petrowski solved the murder.
"The alcohol in Edna's breath told Candy that the woman had more
likely spent the morning with Jim Beam than with Earl Grey."
Murder by the Book is a highly recommended
novella by Devorah Fox, a first time author for me, but definitely not a last
time one.
Overall rating: 4.5 stars
Note:
I received a free copy of Murder by the Book via Escape with Lori's
Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review as a part of a blog tour
for the book.
About the Author
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| Devorah Fox, Author of Murder by the Book |
"What if?" Those two words all too easily send Devorah Fox spinning into flights of fancy. Best-selling author of an award-winning literary historical fantasy series and several thrillers, she also penned Mystery Mini Short Reads and contributed short stories to popular fantasy anthologies. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she now lives on the Texas Gulf Coast with rescued tabby cats ... and a dragon named Inky.
Connect with Devorah via her Website, Twitter, Facebook page, Amazon author page, Smashwords, Youtube, Google+, Pinterest, Authorgraph and Goodreads.
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